2026 Ernesto S. Nakayasu: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	53	16163	14841	6696	5985	177	10129

Overview

Ernesto S. Nakayasu is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, with a strong focus on molecular biology and its applications related to human health and disease.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

Tutorial: best practices and considerations for mass-spectrometry-based protein biomarker discovery and validation, 2021, Nature Protocols
Advances and prospects for the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP), 2023, Nature Cell Biology
An integrated multi-omics approach identifies the landscape of interferon-α-mediated responses of human pancreatic beta cells, 2020, Nature Communications
Comprehensive Proteomics Analysis of Stressed Human Islets Identifies GDF15 as a Target for Type 1 Diabetes Intervention, 2020, Cell Metabolism
Comparative Molecular and Immunoregulatory Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles from Candida albicans and Candida auris, 2021, mSystems

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, with notable frequent coauthors including:

Jennifer Kyle
Tom Metz
Douglas LaCount
Christina Stevenson
Thomas Metz

Ernesto S. Nakayasu's work appears consistently in a range of scientific publication venues, including:

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
mBio
Diabetes
Nature Cell Biology

The principal fields of study covered in their work include:

Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental Science
Physics and Astronomy

Subfields connected to their research are:

Geophysics
Environmental Chemistry
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Molecular Biology
Genetics

The main research topics addressed by Ernesto S. Nakayasu focus on:

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Earthquake Detection and Analysis
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Diabetes and associated disorders
Pancreatic function and diabetes
Fungal Infections and Studies

Best Publications

Activated ClpP kills persisters and eradicates a chronic biofilm infection

Brian P. Conlon;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Laura E. Fleck;Michael D. LaFleur

722
Citations
Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Cryptococcus neoformans Contain Protein Components Associated with Virulence

Marcio L. Rodrigues;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Debora L. Oliveira;Leonardo Nimrichter

646
Citations
Vesicular transport in Histoplasma capsulatum: an effective mechanism for trans-cell wall transfer of proteins and lipids in ascomycetes

Priscila Costa Albuquerque;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Susana Frases

399
Citations
Ubiquitination independent of E1 and E2 enzymes by bacterial effectors

Jiazhang Qiu;Michael J. Sheedlo;Kaiwen Yu;Yunhao Tan

361
Citations
Compositional and immunobiological analyses of extracellular vesicles released by Candida albicans

Gabriele Vargas;Juliana D. B. Rocha;Debora Leite Oliveira;Priscila Costa Albuquerque

300
Citations
Extracellular Vesicles from Trypanosoma brucei Mediate Virulence Factor Transfer and Cause Host Anemia

Anthony J. Szempruch;Steven E. Sykes;Rudo Kieft;Lauren Dennison

296
Citations
Characterization of yeast extracellular vesicles: evidence for the participation of different pathways of cellular traffic in vesicle biogenesis.

Débora L. Oliveira;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Luna S. Joffe;Allan J. Guimarães

284
Citations
MPLEx: a Robust and Universal Protocol for Single-Sample Integrative Proteomic, Metabolomic, and Lipidomic Analyses

Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Carrie D. Nicora;Amy C. Sims;Kristin E. Burnum-Johnson

239
Citations
Exosomes from Plasmodium yoelii-infected reticulocytes protect mice from lethal infections.

Lorena Martin-Jaular;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Mireia Ferrer;Igor C. Almeida

229
Citations
Vesicle and Vesicle-Free Extracellular Proteome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Comparative Analysis with other Pathogenic Fungi

Milene C. Vallejo;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Alisson L. Matsuo;Tiago J. P. Sobreira

204
Citations
Model-driven multi-omic data analysis elucidates metabolic immunomodulators of macrophage activation

Aarash Bordbar;Monica L. Mo;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Alexandra C. Schrimpe-Rutledge

182
Citations
Tutorial: best practices and considerations for mass-spectrometry-based protein biomarker discovery and validation.

Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Marina Gritsenko;Paul D. Piehowski;Yuqian Gao

171
Citations
Top-down proteomics reveals a unique protein S-thiolation switch in Salmonella Typhimurium in response to infection-like conditions

Charles Ansong;Si Wu;Da Meng;Xiaowen Liu;Xiaowen Liu

170
Citations
Lipidomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from the pathogenic phase of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.

Milene C. Vallejo;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Larissa V. G. Longo;Luciane Ganiko

135
Citations
The impact of proinflammatory cytokines on the β-cell regulatory landscape provides insights into the genetics of type 1 diabetes.

Mireia Ramos-Rodríguez;Helena Raurell-Vila;Maikel Luis Colli;Maria Inês Alvelos

131
Citations
Listeria monocytogenes virulence factors, including listeriolysin O, are secreted in biologically active extracellular vesicles

Carolina Coelho;Lisa C Brown;Maria Maryam;Raghav Vij

125
Citations
Ancient Regulatory Role of Lysine Acetylation in Central Metabolism.

Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Meagan C. Burnet;Hanna E. Walukiewicz;Christopher S. Wilkins

122
Citations
The impact of proteomics on the understanding of functions and biogenesis of fungal extracellular vesicles

Marcio L. Rodrigues;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Igor C. Almeida;Leonardo Nimrichter

122
Citations
A Novel Link between Fic (Filamentation Induced by cAMP)-mediated Adenylylation/AMPylation and the Unfolded Protein Response

Anwesha Sanyal;Andy J. Chen;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Cheri S. Lazar

117
Citations
Dynamic remodeling of lipids coincides with dengue virus replication in the midgut of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Nunya Chotiwan;Barbara G. Andre;Irma Sanchez-Vargas;M. Nurul Islam

115
Citations